2015 Zeitgeist Day Main Event Berlin Germany

TZM Education Project Bringing TZM into Schools!

The Zeitgeist Movement Education project is now live! The aim of the project is for every chapter of TZM to initially try to go into just one school or university to promote/discuss sustainable values and practices with the next generation.

To find out more and to get involved in the project please visit the website at www.tzmeducation.org

ZDay 2013 Lecture Series Two DVD Set via Torrent

Great activist tool. This 2 DVD set contains the talks from The Zeitgeist Movement's flagship awareness event known as "Zeitgeist Day" (aka Zday). This DVD Set is from the 5th annual Main Event that was held in Los Angeles, CA on March 17th, 2013. 12 Lectures in 6 Hours. Go Here

TZM's New Orientation Guide Full Book now Online!

4th Annual Zeitgeist Media Festival Oct 4th 2014

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT 2014 EVENTS!

Uniting the world through the power of art, the Zeitgeist Media Festival is back for its fourth annual
main event. Occurring at The Federal in North Hollywood, Saturday, October 4th, 2014 from 6pm-11pm, this not-for-profit activist arts festival features live music, comedy, short films, spoken word and more.

Economic Calculation in a NLRBE by TZM Germany with Peter Joseph

The Zeitgeist Movement on The Young Turks 40 Min Interview with Peter Joseph

Published on Mar 14, 2013
"This week, Cenk Uygur sits down with Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist movement. The Zeitgeist movement's goal is to create global sustainability by changing established social systems. Can people save the world by changing socially? Is the market economy responsible for corruption, and is it serving its original purpose? Does the market economy leave room for true freewill, and is it truly possible to shed ourselves of material goods?

About: Zeitgeist Day(ZDay for short) occurs annually. The goal of ZDay is to increase public awareness to solutions available by utilizing the scientific method for social concern, as advocated by The Zeitgeist Movement. This year's main event will take place Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the FORUM Factory, Berlin Germany

About TZM: The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization which conducts community based activism and awareness actions through a network of global and regional chapters, project teams, annual events, media and charity work. The Movement's principle focus includes the recognition that the majority of the social problems plaguing the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption, a political policy, a flaw of "human nature" or other commonly held assumptions of causality. Rather, The Movement recognizes that issues such as poverty, corruption, destabilization, war, ecological destruction and the like appear to be "symptoms" borne out of an outdated and detrimental social structure.

The Movement is loyal to a train of thought, not figures or institutions. The view held is that through the use of socially targeted research and tested understandings in Science and Technology, we are now able to logically arrive at societal applications which could be profoundly more effective in meeting the needs of the human population.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin draws attention to the fact that 2014 was the deadliest year for Afghan civilians since the UN began keeping track, suggesting that despite the US led war in the country the Taliban is stronger than ever. Abby then speaks with Professor Mark Crispin Miller about next month’s in Forbidden Bookshelf Release. Abby is then joined by founder of the Zeitgeist Movement Peter Joseph about his vision for a better world. Abby wraps up the show with a special tribute to Malcolm X to mark the 50th Anniversary of his assassination.

ZM Global 163: The impact of 'human nature' on educational and social approach.

This episode of TZM global radio is hosted by TZM Education coordinator and UK lecture team member James Phillips and goes through some of the upcoming movement news along with reading the next essay from the section 'minds in the making' from the TZM Education website. This essay is entitled 'The impact of 'human nature' on educational and social approach'.

UK chapter member and TZM Education coordinator James Phillips hosts this edition of TZM Global and will be reading an article from the new and updated TZM education website entitled 'The journey to money'. This outlines the role money has played in the human journey thus far, as well as the problems it will pose to humanities future prosperity.

This weeks TZM global focusses on the topic of education and discusses the launch of a new movement wide initiative to take a sustainable train of thought to the next generation. The aim of the project is for every chapter of TZM to initially go to just one school or university to promote/discuss sustainable values and practices.

Original Description:
"Ben McLeish from the Zeitgeist Movement talks to Truthloader about what we need to do to gain a better society. He talks about acting more locally and partnering up with smaller businesses where you live. He says we should ask ourselves questions about the products we're buying and if they are being made ethically by big businesses. Ben says the way to fight back is to gain knowledge by reading up about businesses and trade deals, which can be done partly through WikiLeaks uploads. He says it is vital to have an "educated population" to be able to distinguish from fact and fiction and not take press release material disseminated through parts of the media as truth."

Can you resolve these three questions/problems logically without realizing the need to remove the Market Economy?

If so: Make a video or letter and email it to us:
media @ thezeitgeistmovement.com

The Three Questions: ( please watch video before answering the below as the premise is explained as in great detail. )

1) Given the market economy requires consumption in order to maintain demand for human employment and further economic growth as needed, is there a structural incentive to reduce resource use, biodiversity loss, the global pollution footprint and hence assist the ever-increasing need for improved ecological sustainability in the world today?

2) In an economic system where companies seek to limit their production costs (“cost efficiency”) in order to maximize profits and remain competitive against other producers, what structural incentive exists to keep human beings employed, in the wake of an emerging technological condition where the majority of jobs can now be done more cheaply and effectively by machine automation?

3) In an economic system which inherently generates class stratification and overall inequity, how can the effects of “Structural Violence” - a phenomenon noted by public health researchers to kill well over 18 million a year, generating a vast range of systemic detriments such as behavioral, emotional and physical disorders – be minimized or even removed as an effect?

This week's show is a panel discussion on how we approach Communication Style as TZM advocates. This discussion examines the area of "how we present information" and why it's as important as "what we're saying" as a Movement.

Hosted by Jason Lord, he is joined by long-time coordinators Jen Wilding, Reba Melfa and Eva Omori who take a look at what communication styles & approaches have been more effective when trying to communicate NL/RBE concepts to new people.

About:
Recognizing the power of art and media to help change the world, the annual "Zeitgeist Media Festival" (ZMF) bridges the artistic & activist communities in the hope to inspire change. It recognizes that needed changes in the structural/economic workings of society can only manifest in tandem with a personal/social transformation of values in each of us. While intellectual knowledge serves its role of showing the path, many in the world follow their feelings and comforts - not new knowledge.

Art is considered the most powerful tool we have to bridge these levels of awareness and inspire action for change. Keeping the gesture of the long history of influential artistic creators whose vision have changed our world for the better, The ZMF works to unify the world through this expression with the basic ethos that we are one species sharing one planet and it is time the world learns to work together for the betterment of all before it is too late.
The Inaugural Event for the now annual Zeitgeist Media Festival occurred in 2011 with over 40 events occurring across 20 countries with unique presenters and performances by Charles Fleischer, Lili Haydn and others.

In 2012, the Los Angeles Main Event increased in recognition with notable participants including Tim Kring, Rutger Hauer, Marianne Williamson, Cofield Mundi, The s Film Festival and many more.

While started by the non-profit, social sustainability activist organization The Zeitgeist Movement, the ZMF is open to any socially conscious group which wishes to express change and a better, peaceful world through the power of art. Founded and curated by Peter Joseph and a small team, the "Main Event" each year takes place in Hollywood California. In 2011 it occurred at the Music Box, while in 2012 it found a new home at the historic Avalon, where it will re-occur in 2013.
Participating in The Media Festival does not mean each event shares some strict requirement of focus. However, participation does require that each act/expression understand and agree with a general train of thought (Please review our Mission Statement below) with respect to human and social sustainability and the self-evident factors that comprise a Global View of Earth as a single system and how that relates to our single Human Family.
All ZMF Events are Non-Profit / At Cost Expressions and are organized and run by volunteers. While this is a Global idea and all events are important, we feature one "Main Event" each year which is promoted directly. In 2012, this main event will be in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

-Abby Martin interviews the creator of the Zeitgeist Movement, Peter Joseph, covering everything from the upcoming Zeitgeist Festival in Los Angeles on October 4th to economic and societal solutions to global problems ranging from environmental destruction to mass inequality.

Welcome to the final installment in this 8 series presentation. The message of the zeitgeist movement is one of unity and collaboration amongst the people of earth via the methods of science applied to planetary management and human wellbeing holistically. This theme of unity forms the topic area of this final presentation, bringing forth an organization who were last to speak at London ZDAY 2013 called one people, one world.

To find out more about these organizations proposals, as well as to help give a context to this presentation it is recommended to first watch Grant Dive’s presentation from ZDAY London 2013 by clicking on the following link:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organizations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:

The seventh in this series of 8 presentations is not actually anything to do with a featured organisation at ZDAY London 2013, but was a talk given at an event with several other socially concerned groups in Portsmouth, England around Christmas time 2013. Therefore this presentation was given through the prism of this festival in particular as a lens through which to help illuminate the negative ramifications of our consumption driven culture as well as potentially helping to view the possible transition towards a natural law resource based economic model.

The following documentary could be viewed prior to this talk, as it helps to outline some of the plight experienced by many as a result of this festival:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organisations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:
http://blog.thezeitgeistmovement.com

Part six of this 8 series presentation regards the subject of the education system. The organization representing this issue at ZDAY London 2013 was ‘Change the future’. An online web platform looking to allow open access discourse and discussion to help to implement positive changes to the education system from the bottom up, rather than the top down.

To find out more about this organization and to help give a context to this presentation it is recommended to watch their talk at ZDAY London 2013 by clicking on the following link:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organizations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:

The fifth installment in the series brings us to the subject of the law. Representation on this topic at ZDAY London 2013 and at the subsequent joint event in London was by documentary film maker and lawful practitioner Jon Webster, who has used some of the methods he discusses successfully in defending himself against unlawful claims.

To find out more about this subject and before continuing on with this presentation it is recommended to watch his presentation at ZDAY London 2013 by clicking on the following link:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organisations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:
http://blog.thezeitgeistmovement.com

The fourth presentation in this series was given after ZDAY London 2013 with an organisation featured on that day called the equality trust. The movement references the materials of the trust, and in particular the book the spirit level, when discussing the negative ramifications that wealth inequality has on human health and society in general.

To find out more about the trust and the immediate proposals they suggest as well as helping to give context to this presentation it is recommended to watch Sean Baines presentation at ZDAY London by clicking on the following link:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organisations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:
http://blog.thezeitgeistmovement.com

The third talk in this presentation series deals with the process of money creation and in particular the history of monetary creation, bringing forth the first organization to be represented at ZDAY London 2013; Positive money.

Positive money are a monetary reform group who focus on the negative consequences of the mechanics entailed in fractional reserve banking, as well as putting forward an immediate solution set that could start to address this issue. For more information on this group’s position and to help give some context to the following presentation please watch Ben Dyson’s talk from ZDAY London 2013 by clicking on the link below:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organizations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:

The second presentation in this series builds from the perspective of futurism and trans-humanism, areas of thought that focus on the pitfalls and possibilities that the future exponential trend in technological development could have in store for humanity. This presentation therefore hones in on what this trend and the technological approach to problem solving in general could produce were it to be applied to our social system holistically.

These perspectives were represented at ZDAY London 2013 by the London futurists and Humanity plus. To understand their perspective on these topics as well as helping to give a context to this presentation it is recommended to watch David Wood’s presentation at ZDAY London 2013 by clicking on the following link:

*Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organizations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.

The sources for statements made in this presentation are listed in full on the TZM blog for the series, which can be accessed via the following link:

The first presentation of this 8 lecture series brings forth a subject which perhaps warrants examination before all others - This being Communication and language. As stated in the introduction to this series (See ZM Global Ep 149) the Zeitgeist movement is in a communicative phase, focusing primarily on a value shift. Until a critical mass occurs on this level, allowing for an economic model capable of delivering the liberal application of our current withheld capabilities in science and technology for human concern, we will unfortunately be engaging largely in patchwork.

To help give this presentation context it would be advisable to view it after watching Darren De Witt’s presentationat ZDAY 2013 on Non-Violent communication, which you cando so by clicking on the following link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EoZzfGV-o

Please note that the movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organization’s points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose is to use these perspectives to help illuminate possible methods to help facilitate,as well as illuminate the need to shift our values into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world. Thus increasing our overall adaptability, and hence evolutionary fitness.

About: ZM Global Radio is a weekly radio show presented by various active coordinators of The Zeitgeist Movement in a rotational fashion. These broadcasts discuss the developments and aims of The Zeitgeist Movement.